DFI SB750 boards, more scuttlebut.. NOW WITH DFI LINKS

[pershoot]

US $138.78-
DFI LANPARTY DK 790FXB-M2RS 790FX
http://www.digiconcepts.com/dfi_motherboards_84.htm

[phistyle]

hey socketman...what temperature monitoring program are you using?

[MrMojoZ]

http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_prod...P%20DK&SITE=US

Looks legit!

[Karolis]

Anandtech published their "first look" at 790GX Jr. - http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=498

Only one thing, did I read correctly that even in single card mode the PCI-E slot works only @x8? I hope it doesn't...

[informal]

AT reports a 3.5Ghz OC with 9950 on that uATX board.Impressive!

[FlawleZ]

I'm still patiently waiting for the Egg to pick up the new 790FXB board. I'm Leary of the 790GX Junior board and of course not considering any SB600 offerings anymore.

[nanohead]

I'm still patiently waiting for the Egg to pick up the new 790FXB board. I'm Leary of the 790GX Junior board and of course not considering any SB600 offerings anymore.

Yeah, me too at this point. I was gonna use a 790GX board on my regular daily machine, but they seem to buggy, and some are way too expensive. I'm gonna get an FXB and use that as a daily machine, as its cheaper than many of the 790GX boards, with less limitations. I'm gonna use the Asus M3A79-T as my gamer.

[Final8ty]

http://www.hpm-computer.de/product_i...0FXB-M2RS.html

[pershoot]

im about to get the dk-fxb. should i get a 9950 140w with it? decisions, decisions...

[SocketMan]

hey socketman...what temperature monitoring program are you using?

I just had the DFI's smart guardian and AOD,but !!!
Now I am reading the Anand's review and turns out DFI has implemented
a "child lock" in the BIOS.
F9 unlocks all the options,so it's back to square
one kind of.I berely had any time to play with it -which in a way is good
since half of the options are "missing" without the F9,so I would have
waisted a lot of time.
I really wondered why RAM section in the BIOS only had 5-6 settings,yet
the voltage goes up to a whooping 3.4v - just didn't make any sense.
It does now,thanks Anand

[phistyle]

I just had the DFI's smart guardian and AOD,but !!!
Now I am reading the Anand's review and turns out DFI has implemented
a "child lock" in the BIOS.
F9 unlocks all the options,so it's back to square
one kind of.I berely had any time to play with it -which in a way is good
since half of the options are "missing" without the F9,so I would have
waisted a lot of time.
I really wondered why RAM section in the BIOS only had 5-6 settings,yet
the voltage goes up to a whooping 3.4v - just didn't make any sense.
It does now,thanks Anand

wow thanks a lot...I was wondering the same thing when I looked at my bios...I was like...why was there just a few options....didn't know about that child-lock feature.....what bios are you using? I've updated mines to the latest beta bios they have on the site..

[nuts24]

How good is the DFI LANPARTY DK 790FXB-M2RS? Is there a review any where? is it 140w? I like to know as you can buy this for the same price as a gigabyte 790GX board. Many thanks.

Can people please post any links where you can buy the DK 790FXB-M2RS and the DK 790FXB-M2RSH from in the UK as this is the board for me. Many thanks.

[nanohead]

How good is the DFI LANPARTY DK 790FXB-M2RS? Is there a review any where? is it 140w? I like to know as you can buy this for the same price as a gigabyte 790GX board. Many thanks.

Can people please post any links where you can buy the DK 790FXB-M2RS and the DK 790FXB-M2RSH from in the UK as this is the board for me. Many thanks.

None of us know too much about that board yet. The 140W question is an issue for sure. The board is basically identical in many ways to the original M2RS with the SB600, but it took a while to get that 140W on the supported list, and its only 4+1. Probably with better cooling on the FETs, you would reduce the risk of a blowout. Certainly Polygon has made that method work on the cheapo Biostar with a similar power setup.

I think we are all waiting for them to show up at a vendor that we've heard of. I'll buy one when I can find one (mostly because I can't control myself)

[nuts24]

All 4 models (The two 790FX and the two 790GX) are listed on this site for the UK http://www.wattshop.co.uk/index.php just type dfi in the search box and it will bring them up, no stock date yet. I have Emailed them and waitting for them to get back to me.

Also this site http://www.entaonline.co.uk/ again for the UK is meant to be stocking them, but its been down all day so I have not be able to check.

So would you say the heat pipe model would be the better one to get?

Becasue of all the problems I have had with the two Asus boards I have had, I will never buy Asus again, I have never had any problems with Gigabyte, but I asked them about a 790FX/SB750 chip set and they said thay are not making one at this time. Don't know about MSI.

[pershoot]

None of us know too much about that board yet. The 140W question is an issue for sure. The board is basically identical in many ways to the original M2RS with the SB600, but it took a while to get that 140W on the supported list, and its only 4+1. Probably with better cooling on the FETs, you would reduce the risk of a blowout. Certainly Polygon has made that method work on the cheapo Biostar with a similar power setup.

I think we are all waiting for them to show up at a vendor that we've heard of. I'll buy one when I can find one (mostly because I can't control myself)

digiconcepts has good reseller ratings. im really inching to pull the trigger and buy the board. i dont think dfi is coming out with a ut for 790fx/sb750.

edit: ah well, out of stock now.

[nuts24]

I contacted DFI today and was told that NOVATECH and EBUYER will stock the new DFI boards very soon for the UK market.

[Oese]

nice nice nice

[nuts24]

I asked DFI about 140W and they are now testing the boards with the AMD 9950 & will give me a full report tomorrow. I will post it here when I get it. Now thats what I call a good service from DFI.

[nuts24]

This is the mail I got from DFI today about 140W suppot:

Dear ****:
following the question you asked yesterday,we made a test,
using DFI 790FXB with AMD Phenom™ X4 Quad-Core 9950 CPU(140W) , 以 SP2004 X4 Full loading overninght running 11 hours is very stable!!

due to the concern of the heat,we need to remind and advice you to follow our instruction to install the Fan in oder to keep CPU temperture in 50-60 degree
otherwise you will may burn out your MB.

BR
max

Also had this reply as well.

Dear Max,

I had tested DK 790GX with AMD Phenom™ X4 Quad-Core 9950 CPU that it is work fine.I think that DK 790FXB is the same state.
I will arrange to test DK 790FXB with AMD 9950(140W) CPU and provide a report tomorrow.


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Hope this INFo help.

[Rammsteiner]

Thx for letting us know!

I seriously cant wait untill I get my 790FXB

[Oese]

yihaaaaa nice one

mod it to watercooling and start clocking

[nanohead]

Thanks Nuts!!! That is great info. Now I might have to pull the trigger, I have no idea why, but I just need one of those!

[Oliverda]

I think that these new SB750 DFI boards don't deserve the LanParty name.

[nuts24]

Why? "I think that these new SB750 DFI boards don't deserve the LanParty name" I think these boards will be better than the 790GX boards. I had the Asus 790GX board and all it did was give me the blue screen of death. The DFI DK 790FXB boards will be around £100 in the UK, so thats a 790FX chipset with a SB750 chipset at the same price as a 790GX board. The foxcomm 790FX/SB750 board is £200 and the Asus 790FX/SB750 baord is £130, so this makes the DFI board a very good choice at a very good price.

[Jethro]

I just lost my phenom system in a fire I am definitely looking at getting the FXB version of this board when i can. Not sure what CPU to get tho...may wait on a deneb now. Thanks for posting all the info's.